Maghada Empire Converted

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Magadha Empire
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Main Sources

• Indica of Megasthenes.
• Arthashastra of Kautilya.
• Vishnupurana (created around the 400-300 B.C)
• Ashokan edicts.
• Dipvamsa Mahavamsa (Sri Lankan Cronictas)
• Jatakas (Stories of Buddhas Past life)
• Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas of Romila
  Thapar.

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Haryanka Dynestry

• Founder Bimbisara Shrenika Ajatashatru
  Pitrihanta/Kunika Udaybhadra/Udayee/Udayeen.-
  Nagadashaka

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Shaishunaga Dynastry Shishuga Kakavarna

• Shishunga was the Prime Minister of Nagadashaka
  and founded the
• Shaishunaga dynastry in Magadha.
• He shifted his capital to Vaishali (from
  Pataliputra)
• Kalashoka/ Kakavarna (the best king of this
  dynastry) organized the second Buddhist Council
  in his capital Vaishali in 383 B.C.
• He shifted his capital in Pataliputra later.

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Nanda Dynastry

• Mahapadmananda Parshuram ii
• Dhanananda
• Mahapadmananda the founder of Nanda dynastry in
  Maghadha was by birth a Shudra King.
• Dhanananda was the last king of his dynastry.
• He is probably referred as Agrammes in the
  Greek text.
• The Macedonian king Alexander attacked India
  during this time.

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• About Alexander
• 327 Ambhi, the king of Taxila was Surrendered
  to Alexander.
• 326 Alexander defeated to Porus, the king of
  Punjab(Battle of Jhelum/Hydaspes).
• 325 Alexander left India.
• 323 Alexander was passed away in Babylon.

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• Chandragupta defeated Dhanananda by the help of
  Chanakya and
• established Maurya dynastry.
• Mauryan Empire
• Chandragupta Maurya Bimbisara Amitraghata
  Ashoka Devapriya
• Dasaratha the grandson of Ashoka
• Brihadratha (the 6th king who ruled in Magadha
  after Ashoka).

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• Ashokan Major Rock edict 14.
• Ashoka handed over the Barabar Rock edict to the
  Ajivikas.
• There are 7 Pillar edicts.
• Chandragupta Maury defeated selucas, the
  successor of
• Alexander in India in 305 B.C.

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• Selucas signed a peace treaty with Chandragupta
  and married his daughter Helena.
• Megasthenes , a Greek ambassador of Selucas, was
  visited in
• India during the reign of Chandragupta. He wrote
  Indica.
• Chandragupta Maurya was the first historical king
  of India.
• He appointed his Prime Minister to
  Kautilya/Chanakya/Vishnugupta, who wrote
  Arthashastra.

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• One of the important sources about the Mauryan
  age is
• Mudrarakshash of Vishakadatta.
• According to Vishnu Purana 'Maurya', the name was
  came from Mura (mother of Chandragupta)

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• According to Buddhist Jain sources the origin
  of Mauryans was in Pippalivana of Himalaya.
• Chandragupta Maurya was passed away in
  Shravanabelagola of
• Karnataka in fasting. His Guru was Bhadrabahu
• The Greeks called him as 'Sandrocottus'.
• Bindusara was titled as Amitraghata.
• Bindusara was a follower of Ajivikism.
• He was succeeded by his son Ashoka (Mother
  Suvadrangi).
• In the year 1837 James Princep discovered Ashokan
  inspcriptions.
• Ashoka didnt use Devanagari in any of his
  inscriptions.

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• Important incidents on Ashoka.
• 273 B.C Death of Bindusara and Ashoka was
  visited in Magadha.
• 269 B.C Coronation of Ashoka.
• 261 B.C Kalinga war. 100000 people lost their
  life
• 250 B.C 3rd Buddhist council in pataliputra.
• 232/1 B.C Death of Ashoka.

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• Ashoka introduced Dhamma (ethical Practice)
• In his early life Ashoka was a follower of Shiva,
  in later age he received
• Buddhism by Upagupta.
• In his xiii th Rock Edict he mentioned about the
  Kalinga war.
• Devapriya his title is mentioned in the Maski
  r o c k edict.
• From Sarnath the Ashaka Stavmbha is taken.

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• The third Buddhis council was led by Tissa, in
  which session the Tripitaka was compiled.
• According to the Buddhist sources he killed his
  99 brothers.
• He sent his elder son Mahendra and Sanghamita to
  Srilanka to spread Buddhism and Charumati to
  Nepal.
• Firoz Shah Tughlaq brought two Pilliars of Ashoka
  in Delhi.

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• Ashoka introduced Dhammayatra (instead of
  Viharyatra)
• Bhaga (1/6 revenue), Bali (Additional Tax)
  were the taxes of Mauryan Kingdoms.
• He was anotherly known as Rajarshi.
• He appointed Juta,Rajuka, Mahamatta, Stri
  Mahamatta as his officials and espionages in his
  Kingdom.
• Ashoka converted the five Greek rulers in
  Buddhism.
• He abolished all taxes from Kapilvastu.
• The last ruler of this dynastry Brihadratha was
  killed by his
• Brahmin c-n-c pushmitra sunga in 185 B.C.

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